A busy day for no-hitter birthdays, with Ed Lafitte, Tom Phoebus and Bill Stoneman born on this day. Lafitte, born on this day in 1886, began his career with the Detroit Tigers. He moved over to the competing Federal League in 1914 and was pitching for the Brooklyn Tip-Tops when he threw his no-hitter against…
DetailsThe Athletics’ Sonny Gray took a no-no bid into the eighth inning Monday night before giving up a no-out single, ensuring that Bob Feller’s 75-year-old feat of throwing baseball’s only Opening Day no-hitter remains intact. Gray’s effort was the best 2015 Opening Day effort of many. The Washington Nationals’ Max Scherzer and the Cleveland Indians…
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San Diego starter James Shields yielded a leadoff single to the Los Angeles Dodgers’ Jimmy Rollins Monday as the Padres no no-hitter count climbed for the first time in about six months, reaching 7,329 regular season games. The Padres, home since 1969 to such great pitchers like Randy Jones, Jake Peavy and Clay Kirby, are…
DetailsBert Blyleven and Tommy Greene are celebrating no-no birthdays today. Blyleven, the only no-hitter thrower born in the Netherlands (Zeist), turns 64 today. The Texas Rangers pitcher no-hit the California Angels on Thursday, September 22, 1977 at Anaheim Stadium. Blyleven currently serves as a color analyst for the Minnesota Twins. Greene, now 48, threw a…
DetailsBob Feller’s 75-year-old record of throwing baseball’s only Opening Day no-hitter will not be tied with an Opening Night no-hitter. The Chicago Cubs Jon Lester gave up a first-inning double to Jason Heyward, and the St. Louis Cardinals’ Adam Wainwright gave up a Dexter Fowler leadoff double to left. Feller threw his no-no on April…
DetailsToday we wish a happy 139th birthday to Boston Americans’ pitcher Bill Dinneen, who threw a no-hitter against the Chicago White Sox nearly 90 years ago. Dinneen no-hit the White Sox at Boston’s Huntington Avenue Grounds on during the first game of a doubleheader on Wednesday, September 27, 1905. Boston topped Chicago 2-0, and Dinneen…
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